The story of two Teessiders and a Yorkshire Schnauzer turning their first house into their first home, one DIY project at a time.

Friday, 20 November 2015

Striped Walls.

So when it came to decorating
our bedroom, I couldn't just settle for painting the walls in one block colour.
I couldn't even settle forchoosing
some nice wallpaper to put up.. No. I was determined to paint stripes onto the
wall!

When we set about this project,
we decided it could have two possible outcomes - both on opposite ends of the
scale. It could go extremely well or be a total disaster - thankfully we were
very pleased with the end result so I have added a step by step guide for you
below!

Step One: Gather what you
need.

You will need:

Paint.

Paint brushes or rollers.

Masking tape or painters tape.

Spirit level.

Pencil.

Step Two: Measure the
wall.

If you have decided on
horizontal stripes, measure the total height of the wall, whereas if you have
decided on vertical stripes, measure the total width of the wall. You will
need to measure at a number of different points, as the ceiling in some rooms
may not be level.

Step Three: Mark out your
stripes.

To mark out the stripes, divide
the height or width (dependent upon whether you chose to have horizontal or
vertical stripes) by the number of stripes you want. This will give you
the width of each stripe. We chose to have seven horizontal stripes which
worked out well, giving us thick, chunky stripes.

If you choose horizontal
stripes, measure from the ceiling down over by the measurement you calculated
and make a mark on the wall. I would do this at different points along the wall
so you can join the markings up. Use masking tape or painters tape to join
the markings up, then I would recommend checking they are level using a spirit
level.

Keep doing this until you have all of your stripes marked out.

Step Four: Paint, paint,
paint!

Paint every other gap between the
masking tape to create your stripes - just be careful not to get any paint on
the parts you're leaving white.. Or each other's heads as we did!!

Hi Kirsty, I love the look of your stripes, but would never have the patience to do it myself. I find painting walls to be the most tedious job in the world, but am lucky enough to have a husband who loves it (strange man).

Thanks for the lovely comment Debbie. Haha me and my boyfriend are the opposite too - I love painting and he hates it. He gets bored too easily, resulting in green paint on the white walls and also on top of my head!